Appendix 5
Summary of Consultations with Project Proponent
Date
08/02/2013

TypeLetter

Addressees/Participants• U Thein Sein, President,Myanmar• Dr. Sai Mauk Kham, VicePresident• U Nyan Tun, Vice-President

Subject
Rejection of the January 31, 2013 noticeissued by the Director of Thanlyin
Township for villagers to relocate fromtheir homes and land in the Thilawa
SEZ within 14 days or face
imprisonment for 30 days.

Copied to:• U Shwe Mann, Speaker of Pyithu Sets out legal arguments and reasons forHluttaw
why the villagers have the right to their• U Khin Aung Myint, Speaker ofland.
Amyotha Hluttaw• Daw Aung San Su Kyi, Rule of
Law and Peace Committee• U Tin Htut, President,
Investigation Committee for Land
Confiscation• U Myint Hlaing, Minister ofFarming and Irrigation
Department• U Myint Swe, Chief Minister,
Yangon Regional Government• U Sai Thaw Win, Yangon South
District Administrator• U Moe Myint, Thanlyin Township
Administrator

Response
No response

14/02/2013

Meeting

26/02/2013

LetterSent by 9 villagers from Ahlwan Sutvillage• U Set Aung, Chairman, Thilawa
Special Economic Zone
Management Committee• U Soe Min, Minister ofAgriculture and Livestock
Breeding, Yangon Region

U Set Aung, Chairman, Thilawa Special
Economic Zone Management Committee
Copied to:• U Thein Sein, President• U Shwe Mann, Speaker of Pyithu
Hluttaw• U Khin Aung Myint, Speaker ofAmyotha Hluttaw• Dr. Aye Maung, Chairman,
Protecting Civil Rights
Committee• U Tin Htut, Chairman,
Investigation Commission forFirst consultation meeting held by theYangon Regional Government (YRG) atthe Thilawa Supporting Committee
office in Thanlyin Township. In thismeeting the YRG said that the Thilawa
SEZ land was not owned by thevillagers, but by the government. Thevillagers said that according to the 2012
Farmland Law, because the government
did not implement the proposed projecton the land, is should have been given
back to them as the original owners.
Recommendations for resolving thesocio-economic plights of evictedfarmers in order to implement theProject successfully

The meetingfinished without
any agreement
between thevillagers and theProject
Proponent.

No response••••••02/05/2013

Letterconfiscation of farming and otherland.
U Aung Min, Minister ofPresident OfficeU Soe Thein, Minister ofPresident Office
U Moe Myint, Thanlyin Township
Administrator
Mr. Fumio KISHIDA, Minister ofForeign Affairs of Japan
Mr. Akihiko TANAKA, Presidentof JICA
Mr. Taro ASO, Minister ofFinance of Japan

Sent by represented by 13 villagers from
6 villages: Ahlwan Sut, Thida Myaing,
Aye Mya Thida, Phaya Kone, Shwe Pyi
Thar Yar and Tat Yar Kone villages.
U Myint Swe, Chief Minister, Yangon
Regional Government
Copied to:• U Sai Thaw Win, Yangon SouthDistrict Administrator• U Moe Myint, Thanlyin Township
Administrator• U Zaw Min Tun, Kyauktan
Township Administrator

Follow-up on letter of February 8, 2013,
in order to avoid misunderstandings, toforge closer cooperation and to put trust
building processes back on track.

No responseMr. Fumio KISHIDA, Minister ofForeign Affairs of Japan• Mr. Akihiko TANAKA, Presidentof JICA
• U Set Aung, Chairman, Thilawa
Special Economic Zone
Management Committee• U Soe Min, Minister ofAgriculture and Livestock
Breeding, Yangon Region•

11/06/2013

11/06/2013

MeetingDeclaration

Second consultation meeting held by theYRG.

The villagers delivered the “Declaration
on Views and Opinions of Farmers andLocals Residing within Thilawa Special
Economic Zone.”
Hand delivered to U Set Aung, Chairman, Declaration on Views and Opinions ofThilawa Special Economic Zone
Farmers and Locals Residing withinManagement Committee, in the second
Thilawa Special Economic Zone
consultation meeting.

U Set Aung saidin the meetingthat all of therecommendations
they made in theletter wereacceptable.
See above.

Also sent to:• U Thein Sein, President• U Shwe Mann, Speaker of Pyithu
Hluttaw• U Myint Hlaing, Minister ofFarming and Irrigation
Department

05/07/2013

LetterSent by the Thilawa Social Development
GroupU Set Aung, Chairman, Thilawa Special
Economic Zone Management Committee

Special recommendations made toChairman, Minister U Set Aung

No response

Copied to:• Mr. Fumio KISHIDA, Minister ofForeign Affairs of Japan• Mr. Akihiko TANAKA, Presidentof JICA
30/07/2013

Meeting

06/08/2013

Open Letter

29/11/2013

LetterSent by 15 villagers from 6 villages.
• U Set Aung, Chairman, Thilawa
Special Economic Zone
Management Committee• U Myint Swe, Chief Minister,Yangon Regional Government
U Set Aung, Chairman, Thilawa SpecialEconomic Zone Management Committee
Sent by 15 villagers from 6 villages.
Thilawa SEZ Management Committee
Copied to :• Dr. Sai Mauk Kham, VicePresident• U Myint Swe, Chief Minister,
Yangon Regional Government• Mr. Fumio KISHIDA, Minister ofForeign Affairs of Japan• Mr. Akihiko TANAKA, Presidentof JICA
• Each examiner for the Objection

Third consultation meeting held by theYRG.

Letter to record the gentlemen’sagreement to have a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU) between U Set
Aung and the affected communities
Requested RWP disclosure,participation of affected communities,
transparency in compensation process
and consideration of communities’
requests.

No response

No Response

27/12/2013

09/05/2014

LetterLetter

Procedures on the JICA’s
Guidelines• Each member of the advisorycommittee for the JICA’s
environmental and social
consideration• U Thein Sein, President,
Myanmar• Dr. Sai Mauk Kham, VicePresident• U Nyan Tun, Vice-President
Copied to :• U Shwe Mann, Speaker of Pyithu
Hluttaw• U Myint Swe, Chief Minister,
Yangon Regional Government• U Myint Hlaing, Minister ofFarming and Irrigation
Department• U Sai Thaw Win, Yangon South
District Administrator• U Moe Myint, Thanlyin Township
Administrator
Letter to Income Restoration Program
Implementation Sub-Committee(IRPISC) of the Yangon Regional
Government, delivered through Pyithu
Hluttaw Member of Parliament U Khin

Requesting to recommence distributionof irrigation water from Zarmani
Reservoir for farmers in the 2,000 haarea for growing dry season rice crop
after the Myanmar Government decided
to stop it in December 2012.

No response

Regarding the IRPISC’s responsibility
to ensure adequate income restoration
programs for resettled villagers. Theletter requesting participation ofvillagers in the committee who are

It is unclear
whether theIRPISC has evenreceived theletter.

Maung Yi
Sent by villagers in Myaing Thar Yar
relocation site.

chosen by and represent the project
affected people, and participation ofcivil society and NGOs in themonitoring of the process.